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Huaya Continent seemed almost no different from the Shenzhou Continent of Su Xuan’s previous life.

Thirty-four provinces.

More than 9.6 million square kilometers.

If there were no so-called “otherworld invasions,” this country would be almost identical to the homeland of Su Xuan’s past life.

However, the invasion of the Dark Fiends shattered the Huaya Continent into pieces.

Seven major war zones.

Hundreds and thousands of smaller battlefields embedded into what was once a peaceful land, plunging Huaya into war.

The enemy was not of the same kind, but an alien civilization from another world.

Wars between races were always so fierce, so irresistible, so hysterical.

The Lingnan War Zone covered an area of about 230,000 square kilometers, slightly larger than Xiangnan Province.

It was located in the southern part of Huaya, spanning the five major provinces of Xiangnan, Nanyue, Guihai, Jiangyou, and Bamin.

In the Lingnan War Zone, Huaya had deployed nearly a million troops — as many as 800,000 in total — making it one of the war zones with the largest troop deployment among the seven.

To adapt to the war with the Dark Fiends and to fit the high-mobility, small-scale combat style, the military system underwent partial reform.

The most basic independent combat unit was the squad.

A squad was led by a captain, with numbers ranging from forty to seventy.

The highest leader of a war zone was the corps commander.

When a large-scale battle took place in the war zone, the corps headquarters would coordinate the warriors within the zone.

A war zone could have hundreds of regiments.

Each regiment had dozens of squads.

Each squad was a fundamental node, the basic unit resisting the Dark Fiends.

There were two types of squads.

One type was the ordinary squad that held fixed positions and carried out standard orders — the vast majority of squads were of this kind.

The other type was the super squad, which roamed across the battlefield, aiding other squads and solving difficult problems.

Every war zone had a few, or a dozen or so, super squads.

Their presence greatly increased the fault tolerance of ordinary squads in handling problems and improved the overall combat capability of the war zone.

During normal times, in order to avoid wasting combat power or causing unnecessary conflicts, the regiment’s logistics department and intelligence department would provide logistical support and pre-battle information to squads.

When necessary, the regimental command could personally intervene and direct the fighting.

In this way, a war zone was divided into thousands of independent mini-battlefields.

Only when a major war broke out would the higher command conduct unified military mobilization.

The reason forces were not concentrated for a decisive push to drive the Dark Fiends off Blue Star was because the invasion of the Dark Fiends was inevitable.

Killing them all would not mean they would never appear again.

If Blue Star was rid of Dark Fiends, a rift might suddenly open somewhere else in the world, and the Dark Fiends would descend once more.

Rather than letting them randomly appear somewhere unpredictable and having to painfully rebuild the war zones again, it was better to lure them into large-scale battlefields and annihilate them there.

The squad system existed precisely to efficiently kill Dark Fiends, gather resources, feed them back into humanity’s war effort, and prepare for the ultimate decisive battle.

……

Inside the meeting room of the Inspection Bureau, a middle-aged man spoke.

“If the cultists are preparing to summon the Dark Fiends, things will become much harder to handle.

There are too many uncertainties.

The cult hiding in White City might come out in full force.

It’s not something our Inspection Bureau can easily resolve.

If we can’t eliminate the cult’s fighting strength in a short time, the likelihood of the Dark Fiends’ descent will increase greatly.

So I think we need help from the front lines.”

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions becoming subtle.

After all, the Inspection Bureau had its own sense of honor.

Letting the frontline military intervene lightly would be a blow to their pride.

If something happened inside White City and the Inspection Bureau couldn’t fully resolve it, wouldn’t the reason still be traced back to them?

But then again, if this matter wasn’t handled properly, this city of a million residents would inevitably suffer a massive blow.

Honor was important, but compared to the safety of White City, it wasn’t worth much.

Besides, if the soldiers were fighting hard on the front lines only for the rear to catch fire, wouldn’t that be utterly despairing?

The situation had already escalated to the level of a city crisis — they could no longer cling to so-called honor and make mistakes.

The key now was who to invite.

If it was an ordinary soldier, coming here would be useless.

They had to invite a powerful warrior, someone capable of turning the tide single-handedly.

At the very least, such a person had to be a top-tier Initial Form warrior.

If they could get someone who had awakened to the Second Form, it would be even better.

Who should go to invite them?

Whom should they invite?

The question lingered in everyone’s mind.

At the far end, Captain Chen Daocheng suddenly raised his hand to speak.

“I think we could invite Lieutenant General Su Chen for help.”

Everyone turned to look at him, their eyes filled with surprise.

If they could invite Lieutenant General Su, then as long as they found the altar, everything would be settled.

The bureau chief also looked at Captain Chen and said,

“Old Chen, you know the front-line situation isn’t good right now.

Someone like Lieutenant General Su isn’t going to return here easily.

You’re talking about using an anti-aircraft gun to shoot a mosquito.”

Captain Chen looked at the bureau chief and said,

“What I mean is we can ask Lieutenant General Su for help — but I’m not saying he has to come here in person.”

The bureau chief looked at Captain Chen in surprise, a little puzzled about when he had established a connection with Su Chen.

Captain Chen continued,

“When I was investigating the death of the cultist Zuo Tao, there was someone involved — a witness.

His name is Su Xuan… and he’s Su Chen’s younger brother.”

At that, everyone immediately understood.

Although he was just a witness, he was already connected to the case.

This meant they could make use of the situation, exaggerate the possible danger Su Xuan might be in.

That way, as his elder brother, Su Chen would surely assign an appropriate person to assist them.

The bureau chief looked at Captain Chen and said slowly,

“Su Xuan is, after all, only a witness and hasn’t had direct contact with the matter.

Can we really get Lieutenant General Su’s help this way?

I think it’s not easy to say.”

The chief’s meaning was clear — you made the suggestion, so you should be the one to handle it.

Captain Chen naturally understood.

He immediately replied,

“I’ll talk to him.

After all, I was the one in charge of the investigation at the time, so I understand the situation better.”

Once this was decided, the most important task was to find the cultists hiding among the people and locate the hidden Dark Fiend altar.

There was no doubt the altar had to be hidden in some room.

Even if they searched every building in the city, they might not find it.

The cultists had been in hiding for years — they must have considered this problem.

And searching was too slow.

The best approach was still to find clues from those missing high school students.

They also needed to keep a close watch on the remaining students and ensure their safety.

The Grand Test was fast approaching — less than a month away.

If this incident wasn’t resolved before the Grand Test, it would definitely affect this year’s admissions.

If another kidnapping occurred, they had to respond immediately, search for clues with all their strength.

No matter how careful they were, there would always be a flaw somewhere.

The cultists weren’t gods — could they really make people vanish into thin air?

After the arrangements were made, everyone stood up and walked out.

The tense operation was about to begin.